They’re still really good.Quote:
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They’re still really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
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My sister worked for MelloTron Keyboards in the 80s. Eric Bloom came on as a consultant and rep. She said he hit on her every day aka me too caliber. They were great when I saw them with Dokken and Aldo Nova. I've got an ax to grind with Bloom now though.
You should go and keep yelling "MOAR COWBELL!!!!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Sadly, I found some youtube footage from their last show in the Reno area and it looked like a bunch of fat, old people sitting in hotel conference room chairs in a hotel conference room watching a nondescript band run through a bad version of "Don't Fear The Reaper".. Granted the footage was obviously shot on a cellphone, but the band looked and sounded horrible.
I think I will save my money. I have their entire catalog, so I can just slap a few of their albums on, crank the volume to 11, dim the lights, drink some beer, and imagine I am seeing them in their heyday.
I see a lot of live acts. BOC always gets the crowd on their feet.
If you really want to do it right, get a t-top Firebird, grow a mullet, and drive down to the Jersey Shaw on the Parkway with your babe at the side cranking that tune loud out of the 8 track.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
I wonder what impact the proliferation of click tracks has had on tribute bands. With the proper set up they are essentially playing along to the recorded version note for note. Way easier to buy the product than record all those tracks yourself or attempt to pull it off live night after night. Even Rush used click tracks on everything post Hemispheres. The
How many times have you ‘accidentally’ taken acid?Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
This is a local tribute festival next weekend https://www.ivesconcertpark.com/fore...sat-aug-10-11/ If the weather is decent we'll probably go, the wife and kids are more interested in it than I am but I bet some of it will be pretty good but that Stella Blues band isn't bad at all. The venue is actually just a couple of hundred feet from the dorm my kids will be moving into in 3 weeks so it's a good thing for them to get comfy with their new home away from home. I'll definitely be seeing Sam Bush in the same spot with them a few weeks into the semester.
^ There's been a few of those around here, NOT dead-themed though. There was a 2-day tribute fest with "Foreigner" and "Eagles" headlining a few weeks ago.
This joke show is coming to town and they want $35/ticket. Hahahahahaha......no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd2DCuDhWU
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^hahaa
I know it was already answered, but this article came across my eyes recently:Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
https://lp.reverb.com/articles/a-gui...&utm_source=FB
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Summit? Who’s with me???
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some 2016 Yacht Rock to bump the thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7YqwCvaQFU
or this song's a Lil Yachty, as the kids would say (^song is not by that dude)
We went to a fundraiser years ago. They had a solo act named Black Diamond. He was a black guy doing all Neil Diamond covers. Dude was incredible.
Not sure what to call these bands, but ArnoCorps and Austrian Death Machine are two acts that sing songs inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Arnocorps
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArnoCorps
Austrian Death Machine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Death_Machine
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Let's start a Nickleback tribute band.. Who's with me?? We can call it Change for a ...
I’m in! I have a terrible singing voice, so I’m obviously the singer.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
I don't get the hate for tribute bands. I got a two-fer last weekend at the Verbier Bikefest.
Natchez, excellent Lynryrd Skynyrd cover band.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5cc5d0bcbd.jpg
Ladies Ballbreaker, AC/DC all female cover band which was totally awesome as the headliner.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...54079062db.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a7ad63c491.jpg
local mohegan sun casino makes big $$$ having special cover bands play at their weekly party on the patio.
2018 Yacht Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ksagHpqCKo&app=desktop
SYSTEM OF A CLOWN anyone?
Yup, a SOAD cover bad comprised of clown musicians…
https://systemtribute.com/media.html